A blog about an actress, silent film, and the Jazz Age; and occasionally the Denishawn Dance Company, writer Frank Wedekind, his character Lulu, Weimar Germany, Hollywood, the state of Kansas, books, music, art, history and other things sometimes only tangentially related to the heart of the matter, written on a regular basis by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the LBS.

Friday, June 21, 2013

On the road with Laura Moriarty & The Chaperone

Bestselling author Laura Moriarty is on the road touring in support of her celebrated novel, The Chaperone (Riverhead). It is now out in softcover. As is evident from the cover, the book features Louise Brooks as a character. If you want to keep up with the author, check out her Facebook page. Here are a few snapshots from her tour.

The Chaperone on display at a local bookstore.

In a round-up of new paperbacks, the June 23 New York Times describes the book this way: THE CHAPERONE,by Laura Moriarty. (Riverhead, $16.)
As a willful 15-year-old from Kansas, the silent-film star Louise
Brooks traveled with a chaperone to New York in 1922 to attend dance
school. In Moriarty’s charming historical novel, Brooks’s staid
Midwestern matron has her own reasons for going to New York, and finds
herself questioning the confines of her life.

A large display piece.

A group of fans from Dayton, OH hold a copy of The Chaperone and a portrait of Louise Brooks.

Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society (www.pandorasbox.com) is an online archive and international fan club devoted to the silent film star best known for her role as Lulu in Pandora's Box. Our motto, "To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world." - Salman Rushdie

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This blog is authored by THOMAS GLADYSZ, founding Director of the Louise Brooks Society. It is a continuation of the old LBS blog at LiveJournal, which started in 2002. Please send comments, questions, or material to share to silentfilmbuffATgmailDOTcom